Against intellectual censorship and police states, for freedom of expression.
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If anyone disagrees with any of these points, they had better not say it out loud
So for you and your friends, freedom of expression doesn't extend to letting people say things you don't like, and it isn't censorship if you stop them doing it.
Certainly not: they are allowed to say them, the same way they're allowed to say, for example, that they're sexually attracted to small children: sharing this information about their state of mind will brand them as dangerous, repulsive, and immoral, they will be subject to suspicion and strong scrutiny, people will be wary of letting power in their hands, of associating with them in public... but no-one would tell them to shut up. In fact, people would want them to speak up, so that they can be identified and tagged.
So, we're fully in favour of letting th...
I have found this most wonderful (if fairly lengthy) article, and thought you would enjoy having it brought to your attention.
It is so good, I think we should include it among the references in the "Politics is the Mind Killer" wiki page. But, before that, I submit it to you, and ask you: is there anything in this article that would warrant its exclusion from this site? I mean, besides the fact that it is about politics, and written by a notorious Social-democrat (And is that in itself grounds for exclusion?).